Tag: UK Crypto
FCA Director: ‘Significant’ number of firms may not meet new crypto...
The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) new crypto marketing and promotions regulations are now in effect and a Director at the UK watchdog revealed that...
FCA enforces ‘Travel Rule’ for crypto firms to share data
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is ramping up its crypto guidelines by announcing that from September cryptoasset businesses must comply with the ‘Travel Rule’.
The...
FCA’s crypto ATM crackdown shuts down 26 operations in 2023
Since issuing a ban on crypto ATMs across the UK in March 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed it has shut down...
The Blockchain Bulletin: UK one step closer to regulating crypto
Payment Expert’s Blockchain Bulletin analyses how the world of blockchain is constantly evolving and having a major impact on the payment industry, with cryptocurrencies,...
How the FMSA bill helps the UK become a ‘global hub...
The landmark Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (FSMA) bill last Thursday passed Royal Assent which ultimately means that crypto regulation within the UK...
CryptoUK’s ‘deep concern’ with wave of banks banning crypto payments
The surge in UK banks limiting the usage of cryptocurrency transactions has ‘deeply concerned’ self-regulated organisation CryptoUK, which wrote a letter to the Economic...
FCA warns crypto firms to comply with new rules or face...
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has sent a message to crypto and digital asset firms operating in the UK that if they are...
The Blockchain Bulletin: Will NFTs transform the world? & The UK...
The world of blockchain is constantly evolving and having a major impact on the payment space, with cryptocurrencies, NFTs and the metaverse all helping...
UK Treasury believes cryptoassets should follow same financial service rules
In the UK Treasury’s consultation into crypto regulation, the government revealed that cryptoassets should follow similar standards in which financial services follow.
Economic Secretary to...
UK set for a year of financial transformation as CBDC consultation...
Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Andrew Griffith, gave an update on development plans to introduce a digital pound, with a consultation reportedly due to...